Editing Geneva (section)

== International organisations ==
{{See also|List of international organizations based in Geneva}}
[[File:WIPO3.JPG|thumb|upright|The [[World Intellectual Property Organization]].]]
[[File:ONU Geneva mainroom.jpg|thumb|left|The assembly hall of the [[Palace of Nations, Geneva|''Palais des nations'']].]]

Geneva is the European headquarters of the [[United Nations Office at Geneva|United Nations]], in the [[Palace of Nations, Geneva|Palace of Nations]] building, up the hill from the headquarters of the former League of Nations. Several agencies are headquartered in Geneva, including the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]], the UN [[Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights]], the [[World Health Organization]], the [[International Labour Organization]], [[International Telecommunication Union]], the [[International Baccalaureate Organization]] and the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]].

Apart from the UN agencies, Geneva hosts many [[inter-governmental organizations]], such as the [[World Trade Organization]], the [[South Centre (organization)|South Centre]], the [[World Meteorological Organization]], the [[World Economic Forum]], the [[International Organization for Migration]], the [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]] and the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]].

The [[Maison de la Paix]] building hosts the three Geneva centres supported by the Swiss Confederation: the [[Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining|International Centre for Humanitarian Demining]], the [[Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces|Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces]] and the [[Geneva Centre for Security Policy]], as well as other organisations active in the field of peace, international affairs and sustainable development.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maison de la paix |url=http://graduateinstitute.ch/maisondelapaix |website=Graduate Institute Geneva |access-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006222730/http://graduateinstitute.ch/maisondelapaix |archive-date=6 October 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Organizations on the European level include the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) and [[CERN]] (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) which is the world's largest particle physics laboratory.

The [[Geneva Environment Network]] (GEN) publishes the Geneva Green Guide,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environmenthouse.ch/index.php?page=greenguide/ |title=Geneva Green Guide |work=International Environment House |access-date=9 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010143526/http://www.environmenthouse.ch/index.php?page=greenguide%2F |archive-date=10 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> an extensive listing of Geneva-based global organisations working on environmental protection and sustainable development. A website,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.partnerships4planet.ch/ |title=Partnerships for the Planet – Stories from Geneva |publisher=Partnerships4planet.ch |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705201840/http://www.partnerships4planet.ch/ |archive-date=5 July 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> jointly run by the Swiss Government, the [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]], the [[United Nations Environment Programme]] and the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]], includes accounts of how NGOs, business, government and the UN cooperate. By doing so, it attempts to explain why Geneva has been picked by so many NGOs and UN bodies as their headquarters' location.

The [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] and the World Scout Bureau Central Office are headquartered in Geneva.